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The Gold-bug
The Gold-bug
The Gold-bug
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The Gold-bug

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William Legrand becomes obsessed with searching for treasure after being bitten by a scarab-like bug thought to be made of pure gold. He notifies his closest friend, the narrator, telling him to immediately come visit him at his home on Sullivan's Island in South Carolina. Upon the narrator's arrival, Legrand informs him that they are embarking upon a search for lost treasure along with his servant Jupiter. The narrator has intense doubt and questions whether Legrand, who has recently lost his fortune, has gone insane.  Legrand captured the bug but let someone else borrow it; he draws a picture of the bug instead. The narrator says that the image looks like a skull. Legrand is insulted and inspects his own drawing before stuffing it into a drawer which he locks, to the narrator's confusion. Uncomfortable, the narrator leaves Legrand and returns home to Charleston…
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Release dateDec 27, 2015
ISBN9783956761065
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Edgar Allan Poe

New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University, with appointments at the Fuqua School of Business, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Department of Economics. He has also held a visiting professorship at MIT’s Media Lab. He has appeared on CNN and CNBC, and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s Marketplace. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Short story. A man decodes a cryptographed message. According to Wikipedia, Poe played a role in popularizing cryptography.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I thought this story was good, but I wanted more from it. The resolution didn't do enough for me. It needed more weirdness and intrigue.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I usually enjoy Poe, but this short story left me feeling empty. I felt that time had been wasted on nonsense. Nelson DeMille explores the Captain Kidd lost treasure, and does a better job than Poe. Both works gush with silly formulas and codes for finding the treasure. Poe uses hoity-toity language for one character and poor slave vernacular for another character. Then the story ends abruptly.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This edition includes the stories, "The Sphinx" and "William Wilson," in addition to "The Gold Bug." Each story had an interesting ending, but I had a tough time getting into the rhythm of each one. I wonder if it's a matter of "practicing" reading Poe.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It’s Poe need I say more? This was the most popular of his work during his lifetime and it’s a brilliant little piece of literature! I have read everything Poe has ever written and I’m never disappointed
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This is a novella about an estranged man living on an island off the coast of Charleston, Souh Carolina, who discovers a mysterious golden bug with the outline of a skull on its back. He subsequently finds a map with the bug on it, which leads him to buried pirate treasure. This was a trivial story that wasn't worth the time spent reading it.

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